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Meanings of snowbank in English

A mound of snow accumulated by the wind.

Usage of snowbank in English
1
Lumley had grabbed him and shoved him right back into the snowbank.
Night Shift
2
Hodges steps down gently on the gas and rolls at the snowbank.
End of Watch
3
Close by-behindher- arumblinggrowl reverberated over the edge of the snowbank.
Genellan: planetfall
4
The latter dodged, and the swirling steel buried itself in the snowbank beyond.
The Blazed Trail
5
You'll have to bull your way through the snowbank, you know.
End of Watch
6
The mob had melted away like a small snowbank in a hot sun.
Oh, You Tex!
7
In a second it had grown bigger than a small snowbank, and whiter.
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 / Negligible Tal...
8
Suddenly, a bed in a snowbank seemed like a fine idea.
The grail king
9
It lands you in a snowbank at the bottom, but it's perfectly safe.
The Camp Fire Girls at School; Or, The Wohelo Weavers
10
And the back end of the car got lodged firmly into a snowbank.
Dating game
11
At first they thought it was a snowbank alongside a road.
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
12
Finally we scrambled over the snowbank and onto the driveway together.
Marley & me: life and love with the world's worst dog
13
Blake sat with his back to a snowbank, which afforded a slight shelter.
The Intriguers
14
She put Martin on the snowbank, and jumped onto the ship.
Winter’s Tale
15
The shortness of the drop combined with the snowbank was just bad luck.
End of Watch
16
She must have dropped right into the snowbank in the bottom-Ruth
Ruth Fielding on Cliff Island; Or, The Old Hunter's Treasure Box
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Snowbank through the time
Snowbank across language varieties
United States of America
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